Last Week on Twitter, the more politics than usual version.
I was extremely busy at the store this past week, and working some very odd shifts — so I didn’t have as much time to spend online, and (generally speaking) I’ve been bone tired besides. So not only is this list [thankfully?] light, you get this past week’s link round-up both late, and with minimal introduction.
That said — send it:
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Multiple Tweets combined for clarity:
“Memo for Santorum: the only governments that claimed Classless societies were all communist http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/12/1230720/-Santorum-dismisses-the-middle-class-as-Marxism-talk …plus Marx made his observations on class while living in 19th Century Germany, France, England… capitalist, gilded age You know what looks A LOT like the Gilded Age these days, Senator? Modern America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilded_Age – Classless society my ass. Bah. Every time one of these congress-critters opens their mouth, it’s like a klaxon argument for better education in America.”
“Let them eat cronuts.” : Revisiting “Amusing Ourselves to Death” in the Internet Age.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRabb6_Gr2Y : http://professorblind.tumblr.com/post/58194878346/let-them-eat-cronuts-revisiting-amusing
I think it would be more accurate to say that the Internet is still changing music.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/13/4618730/the-internet-changed-music-but-we-still-dont-know-how
“Of all vile beings, we might be the worst.”
http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-08-07/restaurants/the-10-worst-people-in-nyc-restaurants/full/
Cat Donuts. The best thing since sliced cats? from Japan, with video
http://youtu.be/5A2dcJdhRME : http://foodbeast.com/content/2013/08/13/cat-donuts-cause-internet-mindgasm/
Missed this on Sunday. It’s a good, long read. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/11/1230529/-The-real-reason-for-the-GOP-s-all-out-war-on-Obamacare
I miss the days when I kept scotch in the house.
— Matt Blind (@ProfessorBlind) August 14, 2013
Yamato : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp2rO5IAnj4
The Internet is Made of Cats : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ_6aRjYR0w
Answer: Yes. Question: http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/08/can-you-diagnose-a-manic-episode-on-twitter.html
Losing bookstores is a much bigger problem for publishers than it is for readers
http://www.idealog.com/blog/losing-bookstores-is-a-much-bigger-problem-for-publishers-than-it-is-for-readers/
So, total train wreck (can’t look away) or self-aware art piece?
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/14/4620554/prince-tweets-to-you-the-artist-makes-his-debut-on-twitter
Why The Grammar-Nazis Are Literally Wrong http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/08/14/why-the-grammar-nazis-are-literally-wrong/
Here's a solution: add a definition for 'literally' used 'ironically' and then we can light whole new debates. #gasolineonafire
— Matt Blind (@ProfessorBlind) August 16, 2013
THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS OUTSIDE OF BROOKLYN you damn hipsters, and some of *us* could use an indy bookstore, too. http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/new-brooklyn-bookstore-on-kickstarter_b76067
[*smirk*] maybe I should let y’all know I’m Going To Be Launching A New Blog in 2014 http://www.thepassivevoice.com/08/2013/doing-a-soft-blog-launch/ *and then do nothing different*
Damn sneaky. Does Marketing contribute to the placebo effect, too? http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-big-pharma-repackages-existing-pills.html
Terrorist bosses are micro-managing dicks: terror, both international and cubicle in scale.
http://boingboing.net/2013/08/15/why-terrorist-bosses-are-micro.html
“The death of live music caused by the migration to records” “The death of movies caused by the migration to TV”
http://www.thepassivevoice.com/08/2013/an-end-of-books/
Can we repeal Obamacare and replace it with the Affordable Care Act? [srs question]
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/08/obamacare-aca-healthcare-koch-prosperity
Teachers in low-income schools are basically punished for being teachers in low-income schools :
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/15/1231250/-Surprise-School-grades-favor-high-income-schools
OK, so here’s the script fix for Star Wars Ep7: with Luke as the only living Jedi master the ENTIRE Council is force ghosts :
http://www.blastr.com/2013-8-16/rumor-day-ewan-mcgregor-back-obi-wan-star-wars-vii
“If future generations want to know how we got to Big Brother, an endless war on terror, and widespread institutionalized disenfranchisement…”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/17/1231941/-A-different-world-had-it-been-President-Gore
The Random House Penguin merger is the biggest publishing news of the summer :
http://kriswrites.com/2013/08/14/the-business-rusch-the-biggest-news-of-the-summer/
via the Passive Voice http://www.thepassivevoice.com/08/2013/the-biggest-news-of-the-summer/
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